Can a father reclaim property he gave his daughter after she dies?
2026-10-14
T210 · Ibn Taymiyyah
Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah
شيخ الإسلام أحمد بن تيمية
Original Q&A · Complete source question and answer
Complete original question and answer, 31/301. The source's answer identifies the child as a son and gives shares for the stated heirs. ‘Other’ is supplied in brackets to make the qualification clear; the father and son have already been named.
النص العربي
السؤال الأصلي
وسئل عن رجل ملك بنته ملكا، ثم ماتت، وخلفت والدها وولدها: فهل يجوز للرجل أن يرجع فيما كتبه لبنته أم لا؟
الجواب
الحمد لله رب العالمين، ما ملكته البنت ملكا تاما مقبوضا وماتت انتقل إلى ورثتها، فلأبيها السدس، والباقي لابنها، إذا لم يكن لها وارث، وليس له الرجوع بعد موت البنت فيما ملكها بالاتفاق.
English translation
English translation prepared for SalafAlSalih.com from the cited Arabic source. It is not an official translation.
Original question
He was asked about a man who transferred ownership of property to his daughter. She then died leaving her father and her child. May he take back what he had registered for her?
Answer
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. Property that the daughter fully owned and had received into her possession passes to her heirs when she dies. Her father receives one-sixth and her son receives the remainder if she has no [other] heir. By agreement, he may not take back after her death what he had transferred to her ownership.
Source and editorial notes
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā 31/301
مجموع الفتاوى
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā
Arabic checked against the cited source and adjacent question boundaries. Diacritics and display marks omitted; honorific glyphs expanded. Titles and scope notes are editorial.